Lipcani

48.26527777777826.803888888889Koordinaten: 48 ° 16 ' N, 26 ° 48 ' E

Lipcani (Cyrillic Липканы / Lipkany ) is a city in Moldova. It is located in Rajon Briceni and south of the village a border crossing point to Romania is operated. Since 1893 Lipcani also has a railway connection to the present railway route Chernivtsi - Ocniţa.

Its name from the city by the Polish- Lithuanian settlement Muslims, known as the Lipka Tatars, during the Ottoman rule.

Sons of the city

  • Moshe Altman, writer
  • Eliezer stone Barg, writer
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